4toads
06-05-2011, 10:11 AM
I've been reading here and I thought I was getting it but now when I have to put the info into use. I'm not so suere which issues to addres first.....I'm a bit confused. Can some one help.
I opened my pool abpout a week ago. It was swamp green. It is 16x35...IG...Vinyl liner........
I didn't have a test kit a week ago so I just put about 7 jugs of 1- 1/2 gal of 6% bleach from WalMart. The next day it was blue green. I I put in about 5 more jugs two days after the first time.....For the past 4 days or so the pool is so cloudy I can't see the bottom , even in the shallow end (3 feet). I know thre is leaves and pine needles in the deel end but I can't see to vacuum.
My test kit arrived two days ago so now I have some numbers.....
PH- 7.0
TA- 50
Cal.- 40
I ordered the Taylor 2006 kit and it's a little confusing to me concerning the chlorine directions. I filled the tube to the 10ml. line and did the 0871 bottle of drops. It took 2 drops to turn the water from pink to clear. From what I can gather I would multiply the 2 X 0.5 to get 1.0 reading for the chlorine????
The CYA test said to add the mixture to the tube until the black dot disappears. When I did this the liquid was completely level with the top of the tube but there was a small squirt still left in the bottle. From what I understand the CYA is low it must be at least a 20 or lower?????
I believe I need to add stabilizer but if I do I can't backwash for about 5 days. If I vacuum I need to backwash so I'm not sure in what order to do this in or how much stabilizer to add???? If my calcium is low is it arm & hammer or borax???....
This is a bit confusing because I have so many numbers to look at and they all require different actions and I'm concerned about the order in which to do them....Any advice would be so helpful...... Thank you.....
I opened my pool abpout a week ago. It was swamp green. It is 16x35...IG...Vinyl liner........
I didn't have a test kit a week ago so I just put about 7 jugs of 1- 1/2 gal of 6% bleach from WalMart. The next day it was blue green. I I put in about 5 more jugs two days after the first time.....For the past 4 days or so the pool is so cloudy I can't see the bottom , even in the shallow end (3 feet). I know thre is leaves and pine needles in the deel end but I can't see to vacuum.
My test kit arrived two days ago so now I have some numbers.....
PH- 7.0
TA- 50
Cal.- 40
I ordered the Taylor 2006 kit and it's a little confusing to me concerning the chlorine directions. I filled the tube to the 10ml. line and did the 0871 bottle of drops. It took 2 drops to turn the water from pink to clear. From what I can gather I would multiply the 2 X 0.5 to get 1.0 reading for the chlorine????
The CYA test said to add the mixture to the tube until the black dot disappears. When I did this the liquid was completely level with the top of the tube but there was a small squirt still left in the bottle. From what I understand the CYA is low it must be at least a 20 or lower?????
I believe I need to add stabilizer but if I do I can't backwash for about 5 days. If I vacuum I need to backwash so I'm not sure in what order to do this in or how much stabilizer to add???? If my calcium is low is it arm & hammer or borax???....
This is a bit confusing because I have so many numbers to look at and they all require different actions and I'm concerned about the order in which to do them....Any advice would be so helpful...... Thank you.....